Wei**
#8,647 most common boys' name of all time · #21,828 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1970–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#8,647
Rank overall
#21,828 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
369
Since 2016
15
Peak year
2001 #4,998
Best rank
#3,850 1984
Girls
Boys
peak 20/yr
Wei first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,920 |
| 2017 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,031 |
| 2007 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #11,225 |
| 2004 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,618 |
| 2003 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,375 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,263 |
| 2001 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #4,998 |
| 2000 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,490 |
| 1999 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #5,434 |
| 1998 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1997 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,959 |
| 1996 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,723 |
| 1995 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #5,284 |
| 1994 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #4,955 |
| 1993 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #5,555 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #5,294 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,655 |
| 1989 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,943 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,816 |
| 1987 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #5,800 |
| 1986 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #4,338 |
| 1985 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #7,047 |
| 1984 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #3,850 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1981 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,808 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,870 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,783 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,724 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,958 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,720 |